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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by Tante Shvester on September 23, 2024, 01:02:50 PM »Jeepers. But I really like semicolons.
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by Jonathon on September 23, 2024, 12:27:38 PM »63
English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« Last post by Jonathon on September 21, 2024, 10:14:37 AM »I also knew arvo, root, and combi, but the rest were new to me.
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English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« Last post by rivka on September 20, 2024, 03:18:55 PM »"You've got tickets on yourself" is pretty great.Yeah, and that one I was pretty sure of the meaning by context, but looked it up to confirm.
Some of the others I was completely
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English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« Last post by Jonathon on September 20, 2024, 07:57:56 AM »I thought a ute was just a truck based on a passenger car chassis, like an El Camino, but Wikipedia says the term expanded at some point.
"You've got tickets on yourself" is pretty great.
"You've got tickets on yourself" is pretty great.
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English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« Last post by rivka on September 20, 2024, 12:14:06 AM »I've been watching an Australian show (to follow up all the UK ones I was watching before that). Lots of odd (to my ears, at least) slang and word usage, including:
doona = duvet
arvo = afternoon
chook = chicken (I knew this one already, but it's still weird)
off his/her face = very drunk or high
root (noun or verb) = mildly rude word for sex
rooted = broken
ute = truck or SUV
nursing babies = working as a nurse with babies
Combi/Kombi = VW van (or similar) meant for transporting both people and lots of stuff
you've got tickets on yourself = seriously conceited
doona = duvet
arvo = afternoon
chook = chicken (I knew this one already, but it's still weird)
off his/her face = very drunk or high
root (noun or verb) = mildly rude word for sex
rooted = broken
ute = truck or SUV
nursing babies = working as a nurse with babies
Combi/Kombi = VW van (or similar) meant for transporting both people and lots of stuff
you've got tickets on yourself = seriously conceited
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by Tante Shvester on September 19, 2024, 05:11:39 PM »Walkie-talkie is a ridiculous name for a hand-held two-way radio. Did they give the job of naming it to toddlers?
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on September 10, 2024, 09:02:01 PM »The super part is high or raised and the cilious is hair like cilia. Supercilious is a raised eyebrow.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by pooka on September 10, 2024, 11:26:03 AM »Supercilious?
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on September 05, 2024, 08:22:30 PM »The "sub" in substance is the base that supports stuff so that it is sturdy. Something that is substantial is firm and well-supported. Now that I realize this, I want flimsy things to be superstantial.